Russia's Top 2% Scientists 2026

Russia has 989 scientists on the 2026 single-year Top 2% list, up 2.8% from 962 in 2025. That places Russia 36th in the world by number of listed scientists, down 2 places. Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists (75), followed by Saint Petersburg State University (35).

Single Year

989

+27 (+2.8%) vs 2025

Career Data

1,133

+64 (+6.0%) vs 2025

World rank by count

#36

down 2 places vs 2025

Institutes

320

+10 (+3.2%) vs 2025

Scientists in Russia on the list, by year

The single-year count has grown 32% since 2020.

Single-year list, change on the previous year

2021+27.7%

2022+0.1%

2023-5.3%

2024+6.5%

2025-0.6%

2026+2.8%

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Year	Single Year	Change	Career Data	Change
2020	751		709
2021	959	+27.7%	847	+19.5%
2022	960	+0.1%	887	+4.7%
2023	909	-5.3%	906	+2.1%
2024	968	+6.5%	980	+8.2%
2025	962	-0.6%	1,069	+9.1%
2026	989	+2.8%	1,133	+6.0%

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Rank in Russia	World rank	Scientist	Institute	Sub-field	Rank in sub-field
1	493	Wang, Qiang	Saint Petersburg State University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 8
2	1,789	SA Starobinsky, Alexei A.	Kazan Federal University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 16
3	3,088	VR Valiev, R. Z.	Ufa University of Science and Technology	Materials	Rank 61
4	3,273	OI Oseledets, Ivan V.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 181
5	3,335	PB Polyak, Boris T.	V. A. Trapeznikov Institute of Control Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences	Industrial Engineering & Automation	Rank 39
6	3,445	Dorozhkin, Sergei V.	Kudrinskaja sq. 1-155	Materials	Rank 64
7	3,554	AV Ananikov, Valentine P.	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 44
8	3,601	KN Kudryashov, Nikolay A.	National Research Nuclear University MEPhI	Mathematical Physics	Rank 4
9	3,791	LR Luque, Rafael	RUDN University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 50
10	4,281	SI Sobol’, Il'ya M.	Keldysh Institute of Applied Mathematics of Russian Academy of Sciences	Numerical & Computational Mathematics	Rank 8
11	4,650	SA Shapeev, Alexander V.	Digital Materials LLC	Materials	Rank 86
12	5,628	Oganov, Artem R.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Applied Physics	Rank 120
13	6,394	KV Kagan, Valerian E.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 90
14	6,410	AE Agyekum, Ephraim Bonah	Department of Nuclear Power Plants and Renewable Energy Sources	Energy	Rank 163
15	7,647	TV Tarasov, Vasily E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Fluids & Plasmas	Rank 45
16	8,064	BD Bahnemann, Detlef W.	Saint Petersburg State University	Physical Chemistry	Rank 26
17	8,593	OA Orekhov, Alexander Nikolaevich	Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 261
18	8,609	AS Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I.	Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 103
19	8,719	RV Rajput, Vishnu D.	Southern Federal University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 188
20	8,793	BK Bronnikov, K. A.	RUDN University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 111
21	8,899	SP Suraǐ, P. F.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Dairy & Animal Science	Rank 14
22	9,245	KS Khonina, Svetlana Nikolaevna	Image Processing Systems Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 41
23	9,900	SM Sheremet, Mikhail A.	Tomsk State University	Mechanical Engineering & Transports	Rank 84
24	11,293	AV Anisimov, Vladimir I.	M.N. Mikheev Institute of Metal Physics of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 216
25	11,491	Abbas, Shujaat	Ural Federal University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 253
26	11,744	MA Mikhaylov, Alexey Yu	Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation	Energy	Rank 306
27	13,161	CD Chistiakov, Dimitry Alexandrovich	Research Center for Children's Health	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 195
28	13,281	TV Tuchin, Valery V.	Institute of Precision Mechanics and Control, Russian Academy of Sciences	Optoelectronics & Photonics	Rank 25
29	13,821	KN Kazanskiy, Nikolay L.	Samara National Research University	Optics	Rank 53
30	14,002	HA Holevo, Alexander Semenovich	Steklov Mathematical Institute of RAS	Mathematical Physics	Rank 8
31	14,669	VG Volovik, Grigory E.	Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences	General Physics	Rank 114
32	16,336	BG Barenblatt, Grigory Isaakovich	P.P.Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Mathematics	Rank 47
33	16,915	KT Karu, Tiina I.	Institute On Laser and Information Technologies, Russian Academy of Sciences	Dermatology & Venereal Diseases	Rank 56
34	17,969	PD Pimenov, Danil Yurievich	South Ural State University	Materials	Rank 337
35	18,577	KA Kalueff, Allan V.	Saint Petersburg State University	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 864
36	18,737	DV Dembitsky, Valery Mikhail	N.D. Zelinsky Institute of Organic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 257
37	19,766	AA Ardila, Alfredo E.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Experimental Psychology	Rank 276
38	20,604	RV Rubakov, Valerii A.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 249
39	21,540	LK Lee, Keun	HSE University	Economics	Rank 323
40	22,578	PC Pace, Carlos Nick	Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 318
41	22,729	SK Stevenson, Keith J.	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Nanoscience & Nanotechnology	Rank 776
42	23,687	KY Kartashov, Yaroslav V.	Institute of Spectroscopy, Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 95
43	23,951	ZD Zorov, Dmitry Borisovich	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 344
44	24,000	BI Beletskaya, Irina Petrovna	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Organic Chemistry	Rank 259
45	24,132	BV Blatov, Vladislav A.	Samara State Technical University	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 63
46	24,872	ZB Zhivotovsky, B. D.	Engelhardt Institute of Molecular Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 354
47	24,976	SA Solovchenko, Alexei E.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 335
48	25,742	SV Skulachev, Vladimir P.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Biochemistry & Molecular Biology	Rank 373
49	26,115	GE Grigorenko, Elena L.	Sirius University of Science and Technology	Education	Rank 382
50	26,432	DB Derjaguin, Boris V.	A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 365
51	26,665	MT Minkina, Tatiana Mikhailovna	Southern Federal University	Environmental Sciences	Rank 599
52	27,593	KR KAIBYSHEV, Rustam O.	Belgorod State University	Materials	Rank 543
53	27,611	GJ Goldstone, Jack A.	Volgograd Institute of Management, RANEPA	Sociology	Rank 146
54	27,688	SS Solodukhin, Sergey N.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 364
55	27,866	OY Oganessian, Yury Ts	Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 371
56	28,457	GM Gorodetsky, M. L.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Optics	Rank 110
57	29,634	KS Krivovichev, Sergey V.	Nanomaterials Research Centre Kola Science Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 396
58	30,506	DA Dolgov, Aleksander D.	Bogoliubov Laboratory of Theoretical Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 403
59	30,581	KN Khlebtsov, Nikolai Grigor Evich	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 413
60	31,017	ME Mikhailova, Ekaterina O.	Kazan National Research Technological University	Microbiology	Rank 577
61	31,062	KE Khazanov, Efim A.	Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Optics	Rank 125
62	31,528	LL Landau, Lev Davidovich	Russian Academy of Sciences	Materials	Rank 634
63	31,934	MD Medvedev, Dmitry A.	Institute of High Temperature Electrochemistry of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Energy	Rank 885
64	32,151	SV Smirnov, Vladimir A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 419
65	32,161	LV Litvinenko, Vladimir S.	Saint Petersburg Mining University	Geology	Rank 34
66	32,799	GS Grigoriev, Sergey A.	National Research University “Moscow Power Engineering Institute”	Energy	Rank 914
67	33,114	SN Stepanov, Nikita D.	Saint Petersburg State Marine Technical University	Materials	Rank 670
68	33,538	MM Merzlyak, Mark N.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 479
69	34,028	SR Surmenev, Roman A.	Tomsk Polytechnic University	Materials	Rank 685
70	34,354	HJ Hirsch, Jürgen R.	Samara National Research University	Materials	Rank 695
71	34,671	DI Dymnikova, Irina G.	Ioffe Institute	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 453
72	34,791	KG Knyazev, Gennady Georgievich	Research Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine	Neurology & Neurosurgery	Rank 1,561
73	35,324	SA Smirnov, Alexander V.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 462
74	35,489	CK Chetyrkin, Konstantin G.	Institute for Nuclear Research of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 465
75	35,912	ZY Zeldovich, Yakov Borisovich	P.L. Kapitza Institute for Physical Problems of Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 469
76	35,917	KS Kotlyarov, S. N.	Ryazan State Medical University	Chemical Physics	Rank 464
77	36,217	KR Klyuev, R. V.	Moscow Polytechnic University	Geology	Rank 36
78	36,223	Sohag, Kazi	Saint Petersburg State University	Economics	Rank 507
79	36,275	BL Boinovich, L. B.	A.N. Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Chemical Physics	Rank 469
80	36,439	PM Polyakov, Maxim V.	Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 471
81	36,965	NS Nikolenko, Sergey I.	Saint Petersburg State University	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 1,793
82	37,836	CK Chetan, Keswani	Southern Federal University	Plant Biology & Botany	Rank 558
83	38,476	SV Seredin, Vladimir V.	Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy and Geochemistry, RAS	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 535
84	38,517	MF Mangano, Francesco Guido	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Dentistry	Rank 164
85	39,149	SA Skalny, Anatoly V.	Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University	Toxicology	Rank 135
86	39,812	FL Faddeev, Ludvig Dmitrievich	Russian Academy of Sciences	Mathematical Physics	Rank 22
87	40,252	KJ Kzhyshkowska, Julia G.	Tomsk State University	Immunology	Rank 719
88	40,863	IA Ivanovskiĩ, Alexander L.	Ural Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences	Applied Physics	Rank 741
89	40,876	Davoodi, Shadfar	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Energy	Rank 1,171
90	40,901	MG Mesyats, Gennady A.	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 521
91	41,113	LR Lee, Roman N.	Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Siberian Branch of the RAS	Nuclear & Particle Physics	Rank 526
92	41,752	BE Boldyreva, E. V.	Boreskov Institute of Catalysis SB RAS	Inorganic & Nuclear Chemistry	Rank 117
93	42,645	PO Pokrovsky, Oleg S.	Tomsk State University	Geochemistry & Geophysics	Rank 576
94	43,214	DL Dykman, Lev A.	Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Plants and Microorganisms, Russian Academy of Sciences	Biotechnology	Rank 145
95	43,458	KA Kumar, Abhinav	Ural Federal University	Applied Physics	Rank 784
96	43,672	BE Burnaev, Evgeny Vladimirovich	Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology	Artificial Intelligence & Image Processing	Rank 2,094
97	43,682	BY Bobryshev, Yuri Veniaminovich	Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology RAMS	Cardiovascular System & Hematology	Rank 1,226
98	43,866	KA Karyakin, Arkady A.	Lomonosov Moscow State University	Analytical Chemistry	Rank 211
99	44,178	FA Fedorov, Alexandr Vladimirovich	Khristianovich Institute of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics SB RAS	Energy	Rank 1,266
100	44,350	DM Dubinin, M. M.	Russian Academy of Sciences	Organic Chemistry	Rank 494
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Frequently asked questions

How many scientists from Russia are in the 2026 Stanford Top 2% list?

989 scientists affiliated with Russia are on the 2026 single-year list, and 1,133 are on the career-long list.

Which institute in Russia has the most Top 2% scientists?

On the 2026 single-year list, Lomonosov Moscow State University has the most listed scientists from Russia, with 75. It is followed by Saint Petersburg State University with 35.

How has the number of Top 2% scientists in Russia changed since 2020?

On the single-year list, Russia went from 751 scientists in 2020 to 989 in 2026, a change of +31.7%.

What is the difference between the single-year and career-long lists?

The single-year list ranks scientists on the citations their work received in one year. The career-long list ranks them on citations across their whole career. Both lists are published every year, and a scientist can be on one, both or neither.

What is the official source of this data?

The rankings come from the science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators published by Ioannidis et al. in the Elsevier Data Repository, updated every year. TOPSCINET, an independent platform, organises that data by country, year, institute and field, so you can compare and explore it.